Posted by Daniel Ikenson on August 27, 2010
By Daniel Ikenson
As usual, Dan Griswold does an excellent job today correcting fallacies about trade and the trade deficit that continue to be perpetuated in the mainstream media (particularly at the Washington Post). I just want to add my two cents without belaboring any of Dan’s succinctly-made points. (Besides, I’ve harped on and on and on [...]
Categories: Economy, Politics |
Tags: economic growth, job, jobs, Trade and Immigration, trade deficit, trade deficits | 
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Posted by Daniel J. Mitchell on August 6, 2010
By Daniel J. Mitchell
If I was organized enough to send Christmas cards, I would take Richard Rahn off my list. I do one blog post to call attention to his Washington Times column and it seems like everybody in the world wants to jump down my throat. I already dismissed Paul Krugman’s rant and responded to Ezra Klein’s reasonable criticism. [...]
Categories: Politics, Tax and Budget Policy |
Tags: big government, derek thompson, economic growth, Ezra Klein, Finance, Banking & Monetary Policy, Government and Politics, government spending, jobs, Keynesian economics, obama, Paul Krugman, Political Philosophy, Reagan, recession, Supply-side economics, unemployment | No Comments »
Posted by Neal McCluskey on August 5, 2010
By Neal McCluskey
Sending billions of federal taxpayer dollars to teachers and other public school employees is the bailout that just won’t die. It’s been sliced, shot up in a firefight between Democrats, and even had a battle with food stamps, but it just can’t be killed!
Now, let’s be clear: This is not some wonderful crusade all about helping ”the children.” It is pure political evil, a naked ploy [...]
Categories: Congress, Politics, Tax and Budget Policy |
Tags: conservatives, Education, Education and Child Policy, Elections, employment, General, House, jobs, Obama administration, public school, teachers, union, unions | No Comments »
Posted by Daniel J. Mitchell on August 4, 2010
By Daniel J. Mitchell
I seem to have touched a raw nerve with my post earlier today on my International Liberty blog, comparing Reagan and Obama on how well the economy performed coming out of recession. Both Ezra Klein and Paul Krugman have denounced my analysis (actually, they denounced me approving of Richard Rahn’s analysis, but that’s a trivial detail). [...]
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Tags: big government, economic growth, Ezra Klein, General, Government and Politics, jobs, obama, Paul Krugman, Reagan, recession, stimulus, Supply-side economics | No Comments »
Posted by Daniel Griswold on August 4, 2010
By Daniel Griswold
In a bid to revive their sagging election prospects, congressional Democrats have hit on the theme of promoting domestic U.S. manufacturing. As a front-page story in the Washington Post reports today, the party has adopted the bumper-sticker slogan, “Make It in America.”
I’m all for making things in America, when it makes economic sense to do [...]
Categories: Economy, Politics |
Tags: buy american, democratic party, General, International Economics and Development, jobs, Made in America, NAFTA, recovery, Taxes, Trade and Immigration, wto | No Comments »
Posted by Daniel J. Mitchell on July 15, 2010
By Daniel J. Mitchell
The White House is claiming that the so-called stimulus created between 2.5 million and 3.6 million jobs even though total employment has dropped by more than 2.3 million since Obama took office. The Administration justifies this legerdemain by asserting that the economy actually would have lost about 5 million jobs without the new government spending.
I’ve [...]
Categories: Budget, Politics, Tax and Budget Policy |
Tags: economics, Government and Politics, government spending, jobs, keynes, Keynesian economics, keynesianism, obama, stimulus, unemployment | No Comments »
Posted by Daniel J. Mitchell on July 9, 2010
By Daniel J. Mitchell
Supporters of the Cleveland Cavaliers, especially the owner of the team, are upset that basketball superstar LeBron James has decided to sign with the Miami Heat. The anger is especially intense because the Cavaliers offered James $4 million more over the next five years. But their anger is misplaced because more money in Cleveland actually [...]
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Tags: Basketball, Competitiveness, Corporate taxation, Florida, Government and Politics, jobs, LeBron James, New York, Ohio, personal income tax, state income tax, states, tax competition | No Comments »
Posted by Daniel J. Mitchell on July 2, 2010
By Daniel J. Mitchell
The fault line in American politics is often not between Republicans and Democrats, but rather between taxpayers and the Washington political elite. Here are two examples that symbolize why economic policy is such a mess:
First, we have President George W. Bush’s former top aide, Karl Rove, making the case in the Wall Street Journal that [...]
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Tags: debt, deficit, Government and Politics, government spending, jobs, keynes, Keynesian economics, keynesianism, obama, Rove, stimulus, unemployment | No Comments »
